Earthquake details

Monday, October 17, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit north of New Zealand on Monday, October 17, 1977 at 19:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Whangarei, about 873.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 173.654 and latitude -27.909.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	-27.909, 173.654
UTC time	1977-10-17 19:12:20.200

Location	north of New Zealand
Country	north of New Zealand
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-10-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Whangarei	873.1 km
Noumea	959.3 km
Auckland	1000.6 km
Papatoetoe	1014.6 km
Manukau	1017.7 km
Hamilton	1109.7 km
Tauranga	1113.3 km
Rotorua	1164.0 km
Nadi	1189.1 km
Suva	1192.2 km
Nasinu	1202.7 km
Lautoka	1209.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 north of New Zealand Unknown · 2014-03-15 15:07 UTC	88.7 km
M 4.5 north of New Zealand Unknown · 2008-04-09 22:22 UTC	33.5 km
M 4.8 north of New Zealand Unknown · 2002-12-06 12:20 UTC	3.5 km
M 5.2 Norfolk Island Australia · 1982-10-20 18:36 UTC	73.7 km
M 4.9 north of New Zealand Unknown · 1977-10-22 17:48 UTC	44.3 km
M 4.7 north of New Zealand Unknown · 1977-10-22 05:36 UTC	15.0 km
M 5.3 north of New Zealand Unknown · 1977-10-21 22:14 UTC	23.4 km
M 5.0 north of New Zealand Unknown · 1977-10-18 01:57 UTC	45.7 km

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